Industrial Safety Expert Witnesses

Industrial safety expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on industrial safety. The industrial safety expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Engineering, Environmental, Failure Analysis, Industrial Hygiene, Manufacturing, OSHA, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Safety, and Transportation.

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Dustin Hickey, CSP, CRSP, CMIOSH, CMQ/OE

OSHA/Workplace Safety & Premises Liability Expert

LegacyMark Safety Consulting (Texas & Nationwide)

Alabama
OSHA, Safety - Construction Safety, Industrial Safety, Confined Space, Slips/Trips, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Trenching/Excavation, Scaffolding, Cranes & Rigging, Forklift, Workplace Safety, Aerial Lifts, Amputations, Material Handling, Electrocution, Ladder Safety, OSHA, Construction Accident, Warehouse Safety, Fall Protection
Board-certified and chartered safety & health executive and consultant, holding designations in the United States (CSP), Canada (CRSP), and the United Kingdom (CMIOSH). 20+ years of relevant work experience from field to executive leadership followed by safety consulting and safety expert witness work. Expert in OSHA 29 CFR 1910/1926 interpretation, compliance auditing, and safety management systems. — CERTIFICATIONS — · Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Board of Certified Safety Professionals, United States · Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals, Canada · Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH) Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, United Kingdom — EXPERTISE — · Construction Safety · Manufacturing Safety · Industrial Safety · OSHA Compliance · Workplace Safety & Health · Premises Liability · Confined Spaces · Fall Protection, Elevated Work · Lockout/Tagout (Control of Hazardo...
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Randy L Phares

Expert on Packaging, Distribution and Shipping

Dr. Box Consulting, Inc.

Surprise, Arizona
Products Liability, Transportation - packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics, shipping, parcel shipments, crating, rail freight, distribution, warehousing
Randy Phares is a retained expert witness in packaging, materials handling, and freight transportation, with more than 30 years of hands-on industry experience. He has been retained in more than 50 cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, has given eight depositions, and has testified twice at trial in state and federal courts; across that record, his qualifications, reports, and testimony have never been excluded or successfully challenged. His forensic casework centers on shipping, loading and unloading, forklift and pallet jack operation, loads falling inside and outside of trucks, handhold and packaging failures, and pallet, crate, and load-securement failures — including catastrophic-injury and fatality matters. He has handled box van, bobtail, and flatbed over-the-road freight as well as rail, and has worked select packaging-related intellectual property and trade-secret matters. Phares has held nearly every role in a packaging operation, from running the corrugated testing ...
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Dustin Hickey, CSP, CRSP, CMIOSH, CMQ/OE

OSHA/Workplace Safety & Premises Liability Expert

LegacyMark Safety Consulting (Texas & Nationwide)

California
OSHA, Safety - Construction Safety, Industrial Safety, Confined Space, Slips/Trips, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Trenching/Excavation, Scaffolding, Cranes & Rigging, Forklift, Workplace Safety, Aerial Lifts, Amputations, Material Handling, Electrocution, Ladder Safety, OSHA, Construction Accident, Warehouse Safety, Fall Protection
Board-certified and chartered safety & health executive and consultant, holding designations in the United States (CSP), Canada (CRSP), and the United Kingdom (CMIOSH). 20+ years of relevant work experience from field to executive leadership followed by safety consulting and safety expert witness work. Expert in OSHA 29 CFR 1910/1926 interpretation, compliance auditing, and safety management systems. — CERTIFICATIONS — · Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Board of Certified Safety Professionals, United States · Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals, Canada · Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH) Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, United Kingdom — EXPERTISE — · Construction Safety · Manufacturing Safety · Industrial Safety · OSHA Compliance · Workplace Safety & Health · Premises Liability · Confined Spaces · Fall Protection, Elevated Work · Lockout/Tagout (Control of Hazardo...
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Jarette I Suikowsky, MS, CIH, CSP, CDPH Lead I/A

Forensic Industrial Hygienist | MS, CIH, CSP

Safety EHS Solutions

Long Beach, California
Industrial Hygiene, Environmental - Industrial Hygiene, Fire & Smoke Damage Assessments, WUI Fires, Wildfires, Indoor Air Quality, Exposure Assessments, Environmental Contamination, Habitability, Mold , Asbestos, Lead, Silica, Noise, OSHA, Cal/OSHA, Occupational Exposures, Industrial Safety, Health & Safety Management, Incident Investigation, Aerospace Manufacturing
Jarette Ivan Suikowsky, MS, CIH, CSP, is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP) specializing in forensic fire and smoke damage investigations, wildfire contamination assessments, indoor air quality evaluations, environmental contamination, and occupational exposure assessment. As President and Principal Consultant of Safety EHS Solutions, he provides expert consulting services to attorneys, insurance carriers, businesses, contractors, property owners, and public agencies throughout California. Mr. Suikowsky is actively conducting Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)-led fire and smoke damage investigations of residential properties impacted by the Eaton and Palisades Fires throughout Southern California. He has been retained by law firms to evaluate wildfire and structure fire losses involving smoke intrusion, contamination pathways, habitability, remediation, and environmental exposure in support of insurance claims and litigation. His fore...
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Randy L Phares

Expert on Packaging, Distribution and Shipping

Dr. Box Consulting, Inc.

California
Products Liability, Transportation - packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics, shipping, parcel shipments, crating, rail freight, distribution, warehousing
Randy Phares is a retained expert witness in packaging, materials handling, and freight transportation, with more than 30 years of hands-on industry experience. He has been retained in more than 50 cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, has given eight depositions, and has testified twice at trial in state and federal courts; across that record, his qualifications, reports, and testimony have never been excluded or successfully challenged. His forensic casework centers on shipping, loading and unloading, forklift and pallet jack operation, loads falling inside and outside of trucks, handhold and packaging failures, and pallet, crate, and load-securement failures — including catastrophic-injury and fatality matters. He has handled box van, bobtail, and flatbed over-the-road freight as well as rail, and has worked select packaging-related intellectual property and trade-secret matters. Phares has held nearly every role in a packaging operation, from running the corrugated testing ...
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Dustin Hickey, CSP, CRSP, CMIOSH, CMQ/OE

OSHA/Workplace Safety & Premises Liability Expert

LegacyMark Safety Consulting (Texas & Nationwide)

Florida
OSHA, Safety - Construction Safety, Industrial Safety, Confined Space, Slips/Trips, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Trenching/Excavation, Scaffolding, Cranes & Rigging, Forklift, Workplace Safety, Aerial Lifts, Amputations, Material Handling, Electrocution, Ladder Safety, OSHA, Construction Accident, Warehouse Safety, Fall Protection
Board-certified and chartered safety & health executive and consultant, holding designations in the United States (CSP), Canada (CRSP), and the United Kingdom (CMIOSH). 20+ years of relevant work experience from field to executive leadership followed by safety consulting and safety expert witness work. Expert in OSHA 29 CFR 1910/1926 interpretation, compliance auditing, and safety management systems. — CERTIFICATIONS — · Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Board of Certified Safety Professionals, United States · Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals, Canada · Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH) Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, United Kingdom — EXPERTISE — · Construction Safety · Manufacturing Safety · Industrial Safety · OSHA Compliance · Workplace Safety & Health · Premises Liability · Confined Spaces · Fall Protection, Elevated Work · Lockout/Tagout (Control of Hazardo...
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Joshua Tolbert

PEG, Inc.

Smerna, Georgia
Engineering, Premises Liability - Civil Engineering, Fall Protection, Construction, Analysis, Industrial Safety including OSHA and NFPA. See www.peginc.biz for Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geo technical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering
PEG, Inc. offers consultation and expert testimony in many specialized areas, such as the following: Accident Reconstruction & Investigations Building Codes Concrete Failures Construction & Environmental Construction Equipment Accidents Construction Safety & Related Codes Cooling Towers & Hydraulics Electrical Engineering Excavation, Blasting & Trenching Exhibit Reconstruction & Investigations Fall Protection Highway & Transportation Problems Mechanical Engineering Metallurgy & Welding / Failure Studies OSHA Issues Paints, Coatings & Lead Abatement Premise Liability Product Failure & Liability Issues Safety Issues (Construction, Industrial & Product) Slips, Trips & Falls Software Engineering Studies Structural Steel & Building Failure Studies
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Andy Nieto, CSP, CHST

Construction and General Industry safety

Safety Litigation Services LLC

Saint Charles, Illinois
Safety, OSHA - Safety Liability Expert, Construction Safety, Industrial Safety, Multi-Employer work site, OSHA regulations, Accident investigation, Cranes and Rigging, Electrical, Lock out/Tag out, Trenching and Excavation, Ladders/Stairs, Slips, Trips, Falls, Confined Space, Fall Protection, Welding, Demolition
Mr. Nieto is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST). His work is performed in support of safety liability matters pertaining to both the construction and industrial sectors. He has investigated, analyzed, and prepared professional opinions in over 400 safety matters, and has offered testimony on over 100 occasions in jurisdictions nationwide.
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Cheryl Scanlon-Zinner, CSP

Construction Safety, Falls from Height

Safety Research, Inc.

Audubon, New Jersey
OSHA, Safety - Fall Protection, Construction, Construction Safety, Industrial Safety, Slip/Trip/Fall, Construction Accidents, Scaffold safety, Ladders, Ladder Safety, Trenching & Excavation, Excavation Safety, Trench Safety, Power Tools, Forklifts, Powered Industrial Trucks, Standard of Care, Machine Guarding, Falls from Height, Roofing Accidents
Cheryl Scanlon-Zinner is a board-certified safety professional with over thirty years of experience developing and implementing occupational safety programs in construction and general industry for employers, corporations and government agencies. She has trained thousands of management representatives, supervisors, and competent persons on the principles and practices of safety management, hazard identification, hazard evaluation and the implementation of the hierarchy of controls. She specializes in hazards that are likely to cause serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs), including falls from elevation, and other construction hazards, machinery hazards, forklifts, and ladders. She was the technical editor of Nigel's Ellis's textbook Introduction to Fall Protection. Cheryl is a member of several professional safety organizations. She was the president of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals and is active in that organization. She was awarded th...
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D.R. Foster, PhD, PE

Expert Welding Engineering and Inspection

Swedesboro, New Jersey
Failure Analysis, Safety - Welding Engineering, Weld Failures, Welding Design, Industrial Safety, 3D Printing of Metals, Welding, Welding Safety, Inspection, Welding Metallurgy, Welding Defects, Torch cutting, Forensics, Codes Compliance, Non-Destructive Testing, Manufacturing, Explosion, Navy, Aerospace, Military, ASME
Dr. D.R. Foster is the Principal Engineer at Expert Welding Engineering and Inspection, where he focuses on welding engineering consulting, inspection, and the training of engineers and technicians. Dr. Foster is an expert in regard to the design, manufacture, testing, and safety associated with welded structures. In addition to Dr. Foster’s significant experience in the field of welding engineering in both academia and industry, Dr. Foster possesses a BS, MS, and PhD in Welding Engineering. Strongly dedicated to his craft, Dr. Foster has earned multiple certifications related to fields of welding engineering and inspection. These certifications include Certified Welder (CW), Certified Welding Inspector (CWI), Certified Welding Supervisor (CWS), Certified NDT Level III Inspector (NDT III) and Licensed Professional Engineer (PE), all of which have prepared Dr. Foster exceptionally well to properly analyze failures and other welding problems that are the subject of litigation. Dr. F...
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Mike Simard, PE, PMP, CEP

Engineering and Manufacturing Expert Witness

PACED Engineering Inc

Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Engineering, Manufacturing - Mechanical Engineering, Design, Process Engineering, Industrial Machinery, Industrial Construction, Process Scale-Up, Pilot Plant, Mechanical Equipment, Cost Estimating, Manufacturing Costs, Mechanical Systems, Mechanical Defect, Equipment Failure, Industrial Safety, Workplace Injury, Machinery Accidents
Mechanical engineer with over 30 years of hands-on experience in process design, manufacturing systems, and industrial machinery. I assist clients across a wide range of industries—from early-stage startups to Fortune 100 manufacturers—by applying engineering standards, practical insight, and industry knowledge. Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) with BSME, MSME, and MBA degrees. Certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Estimating Professional (CEP). Published author, patent-holding inventor, and technical presenter. Areas of Expertise: • Mechanical failure and root cause analysis • Industrial machinery performance and failure analysis • Manufacturing systems and operations • Process design, scale-up and troubleshooting • Equipment specification, selection, and system integration • Capital projects: pilot plants, full-scale facilities, and retrofits • Material handling, slurry transport, fluid pumping, and mixing systems • Cost estimating & manufacturing ...
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Randy L Phares

Expert on Packaging, Distribution and Shipping

Dr. Box Consulting, Inc.

Texas
Products Liability, Transportation - packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics, shipping, parcel shipments, crating, rail freight, distribution, warehousing
Randy Phares is a retained expert witness in packaging, materials handling, and freight transportation, with more than 30 years of hands-on industry experience. He has been retained in more than 50 cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, has given eight depositions, and has testified twice at trial in state and federal courts; across that record, his qualifications, reports, and testimony have never been excluded or successfully challenged. His forensic casework centers on shipping, loading and unloading, forklift and pallet jack operation, loads falling inside and outside of trucks, handhold and packaging failures, and pallet, crate, and load-securement failures — including catastrophic-injury and fatality matters. He has handled box van, bobtail, and flatbed over-the-road freight as well as rail, and has worked select packaging-related intellectual property and trade-secret matters. Phares has held nearly every role in a packaging operation, from running the corrugated testing ...
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Dustin Hickey, CSP, CRSP, CMIOSH, CMQ/OE

OSHA/Workplace Safety & Premises Liability Expert

LegacyMark Safety Consulting (Texas & Nationwide)

Houston, Texas
OSHA, Safety - Construction Safety, Industrial Safety, Confined Space, Slips/Trips, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Trenching/Excavation, Scaffolding, Cranes & Rigging, Forklift, Workplace Safety, Aerial Lifts, Amputations, Material Handling, Electrocution, Ladder Safety, OSHA, Construction Accident, Warehouse Safety, Fall Protection
Board-certified and chartered safety & health executive and consultant, holding designations in the United States (CSP), Canada (CRSP), and the United Kingdom (CMIOSH). 20+ years of relevant work experience from field to executive leadership followed by safety consulting and safety expert witness work. Expert in OSHA 29 CFR 1910/1926 interpretation, compliance auditing, and safety management systems. — CERTIFICATIONS — · Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Board of Certified Safety Professionals, United States · Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals, Canada · Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH) Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, United Kingdom — EXPERTISE — · Construction Safety · Manufacturing Safety · Industrial Safety · OSHA Compliance · Workplace Safety & Health · Premises Liability · Confined Spaces · Fall Protection, Elevated Work · Lockout/Tagout (Control of Hazardo...